Avalanche

Tincan

Avalanche.org observerTurnagain Pass
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Quick report

There was about 12-16” of heavy wet snow on top of the buried surface hoar at this location.

Avalanche

Size
D1
Aspect
SW
Trigger
AR
Elevation
1900 ft

I skied up on to a convex roll to avoid a small drop in the trees and triggered the slide. It initiated from my skis at the apex of the convexity. It propagated about 50ft on the buried surface hoar layer, the crown was 12-16” deep.